History of Astronomy

History of Astronomy

9th - 12th Grade

33 Qs

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History of Astronomy

History of Astronomy

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Science

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-ESS1-4, MS-ESS1-1, HS-ESS1-2

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33 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which astronomer of antiquity first applied a telescope to astronomical observation?

Ptolemy
Galileo Galilei
Tycho Brahe
Copernicus

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the centr of the universe. What do we call this model?

Ptolemic System
Geocentric Universe
Heliocentric Universe
Copernican Model

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tycho Brahe's biggest contribution to astronomy was...?

Accurate Observations of the stars and planets
His telescopic observations
Heliocentric Universe
His Silver Nose

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Astronomer Johannes Kepler...

Published Almagest
Invented the first Radio Telescope
Suggested elliptical orbits for the planets
Was made head astronomer for the Church

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What problems did early astronomers face when trying to justify a geocentric model?

Retrograde motion of planets farther out than the Earth
Bodies in the night sky moved from horizon to horizon making people think the Sun was the center
No observations of bodies in the night sky were observable to make any logical conclusions about celestial orbits
The lack of evidence for stellar parallax

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Copernicus is attributed with coming up with what model of the solar system?

geocentric

heliocentric

geo-heliocentric

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who came up with three laws explaining planetary motion?

Isaac Newton

Galileo Galilei

Tycho Brahe

Johannes Kepler

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